Marble
by Marina Carr

Name: Marble
Brand: Marina Carr
SKU: 9780822224174
Rating: 3.71 (1 reviews)

Highlights

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90 minsUnit Set/Multiple Settings

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play, appreciating its ambition but finding it surreal and occasionally hard to follow. Some highlight the exhilarating first act and its exploration of dysfunctional relationships, while others note issues with character coherence. Overall, the play seems to resonate with those who enjoy complex motifs but may alienate some with its surrealist approach.

Exhilarating first actExplores dysfunctional relationshipsAmbitious and thought-provokingSurreal and hard to followCharacters can be incoherent

Synopsis

THE STORY: A premonition of impending disaster precedes a collision between the conscious and subconscious lives of two married couples.

Hidden fantasies and passions conflict with the calls of friendship and fidelity.

The characters' everyday existences and their struggles to accept mortality provide the backdrop to MARBLE's exploration of the tragedy of dying of an empty heart.

Press Reviews

"…passion and urgency…[Carr] is speaking to our times, even as she speaks of the eternal, existential predicament.” —Dublin Miscellany. ”It's an extraordinary examination of obsessive love, full of verbal explosions that concurrently make the blood run cold and yet are frighteningly recognisable as emotional possibilities.“ —Irish Independent. ”Carr [is] the most consistently exciting and original voice in Irish theatre…"
— Irish Times